Many of us regard this Ivan Koloff -- Ron Ritchie match as the most brutal gut punishment match ever shown on TV. Ron was a hunky young man, though perhaps not as good looking as some of the bigger name guys. The technical quality was not great. These weaknesses may keep this match from being viewed as one of the classics, but it certainly comes close. Below, Koloff drops a knee into Ron Ritchie's gut.

Koloff uses a claw hold on Ritchie's abdominals to completely pull him up off the mat into this position.

Another view of the merciless abdominal claw hold. Ron was lying flat on the mat when Koloff started applying this hold.